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Saifullah Aghajani; Ali Kermani; Matineh Ebadi; Ali Salmani
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Behavioral inconsistencies and disorders in adulthood and youth are often caused by neglecting children's emotional-behavioral issues. Therefore, the present study was performed to fit the causal model based on externalized behavioral disorders according to executive functions of the brain: the mediating ...
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Behavioral inconsistencies and disorders in adulthood and youth are often caused by neglecting children's emotional-behavioral issues. Therefore, the present study was performed to fit the causal model based on externalized behavioral disorders according to executive functions of the brain: the mediating role of social skills in students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. This study in terms of purpose is the applied one and is considered descriptive-correlational research. The statistical population of the present study included all the elementary school students of Mashhad in the academic year of 2021-2022, and 209 students were selected as the sample group using the purposeful sampling method. To collect data, the Connors Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Assessment Questionnaire, Teacher's Form (1969), Achenbach's Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) - Parent Version, Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, and Social Skills Questionnaire (Parent Version) were used. The results showed that the causal model of the relationship between executive functions, social skills, and externalized behavioral disorders in students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder was confirmed based on different fit indices. Executive functions of the brain and social skills have a direct effect on behavioral disorders. In addition, executive functions have an indirect effect on externalized behavioral disorders through social skills. Therefore executive functions and social skills play an important role in externalized behavioral disorders in students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and targeting these two components in psychological treatments can be effective in reducing behavioral disorders.
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Sharmin Esmaeili Anvar; Reza Ghorban Jahromi; Amin Rafiepoor; Mehrdad Sabet
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The Aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the training package Reinforcement lateral domination over the components of executive functions including: initiation, working memory, planning, organizing and monitoring and visual perception components including: Visual spatial-Relationship, ...
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The Aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the training package Reinforcement lateral domination over the components of executive functions including: initiation, working memory, planning, organizing and monitoring and visual perception components including: Visual spatial-Relationship, visual Form-Constancy, visual Sequential-memory and VisualFigure-Ground of children with Specific learning disabilities. The method of the present study was experimental with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. From elementary school children from 7 to 12 years old who were diagnosed with Specific learning disabilities in psychology clinics in Tehran in 2020, 30 people were randomly selected and then randomly replaced in two groups of 15 experimental and control. The Edinburgh inventory and Delacato Neurodevelopmental Scale, TVPS-R Visual Perception Test and Brief’s Behavioral Rating Scale of Executive Functions were used to collect data. The results of analysis of covariance showed that the training package had an effect on executive functions (p <0.01 and F = 8.47) and visual perception (F=10.20 and P<0/01) in children with Specific learning disabilities in the experimental group.Keywords: Specific learning disabilities, Lateral Dominance, Executive Functions, Visual Perception, Children.
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Farhad Ghadiri Sourman Abadi; karim abdolmohamadi; Asgar Alimohamadi
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The study was aimed to compare social isolation and psychological well-being in students with specific learning disabilities and normal. The current research was descriptive and the causal-comparative type of research. The statistical population of the present study included all students with learning ...
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The study was aimed to compare social isolation and psychological well-being in students with specific learning disabilities and normal. The current research was descriptive and the causal-comparative type of research. The statistical population of the present study included all students with learning disabilities and normal students of Urmia city in the academic year of 2022-2023. A sample of 34 people (17 students with Specific learning disabilities and 17 normal students) were selected for each group using targeted sampling. The group of students with learning disabilities was diagnosed by the teacher and by a specialist in psychology and education of children with special needs. Social Isolation Assessment Questionnaire of Asher et al., (1984) and Sterling's Children's Well-Being Questionnaire were used to collect data. Analysis of covariance test was used to analyze the data. The results of the research showed that there is a significant difference between the social isolation and mental well-being of students with specific learning disabilities and normal students (P<0.05). Therefore, it can be said that students with specific learning disabilities need to receive effective interventions to improve social isolation and well-being.
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Ahmad Nasseri; mahnaz khosrojavid; Seyed Mousa Kafi Masouleh
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Separation anxiety disorder is one of the most common mental disorders in teenagers that causes severe physical and mental disorders. The aim of this study was investigate Effect of Intensive Dovanlo's short-term Daynamic Psychotrapy on The Quality of Object Relations and Defense Mechanisms in Adolescents ...
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Separation anxiety disorder is one of the most common mental disorders in teenagers that causes severe physical and mental disorders. The aim of this study was investigate Effect of Intensive Dovanlo's short-term Daynamic Psychotrapy on The Quality of Object Relations and Defense Mechanisms in Adolescents White Separation Anxiety Disorder. This study was experimental method with pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The study’s population consisted of all male students of the second High school with separation anxiety disorder from khalkhal city during the academic year 2021-2022. Among these, 30 number of students with separation anxiety disorder based on March et al.'s separation anxiety questionnaire (1997) and the structured clinical interview and other inclusion criteria the research were selected and random assignment and placed in two experimental and control groups (15 people in each group).The experimental group was trained 10 sessions of 60 minutes under a short-term in Dovanlo's short-term Daynamic Psychotrapy. Bell's (1995) thematic relationship questionnaires and Andrews et al.'s (1993) defense mechanisms questionnaires were used for both groups in the pre- and post-test stages. Research data were analyzed by multivariate covariance analysis. The results showed that Dovanlo's short-term Daynamic Psychotrapy can significantly improve the quality of Object relationships and reduce Defense Mechanisms in Adolescents. Based on this, the using of Dovanlo's short-term Daynamic Psychotrapy can help students with separation anxiety disorder in reducing psychological problems and increasing the quality of relationships
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shahrooz nemati; rahim badri; Mohammad Arshadtaleshmekaeil
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The purpose of this research was to systematic examination and present a meta-combination of the research related to the third kind of socio-emotional learning for elementary students with a specific learning disability. The study was qualitative using a meta-combination with synthesis study approach. ...
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The purpose of this research was to systematic examination and present a meta-combination of the research related to the third kind of socio-emotional learning for elementary students with a specific learning disability. The study was qualitative using a meta-combination with synthesis study approach. The needed data were collected through a search of keywords of socio-emotional learning, specific learning disability, a neuro-developmental disorder in the library resources, theses, and the articles existing in the databases of ERIC, Google Scholars, PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, Springer, Magiran, Irandoc during 1990-2021. In order to search for the information in the Iranian and foreign databases was used both in separation and in combination. The theoretical bases and the main and combination concepts were extracted, and the concept was analyzed and classified. The results of the examination and analysis of the studies and research showed that the intervention program of the third kind of socio-emotional learning was effective in the fields of psychological problems and disorders. The findings of this research by identifying the nature of the intervention program of the third kind of socio-emotional learning show that regarding the existing theoretical and experimental, this idea could be proposed as an instructional package for the students with a specific learning disability.
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shahrooz nemati; rahim badri; shahram ,vahedi; Niloufar Broumandzadeh
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Specific learning disability is a neurodevelopmental disorder that was considered from a positive psychology approach in recent years. The aim of the current research was to draw a concept map of positive psychology constructs in specific learning disability. The research design was a systematic review ...
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Specific learning disability is a neurodevelopmental disorder that was considered from a positive psychology approach in recent years. The aim of the current research was to draw a concept map of positive psychology constructs in specific learning disability. The research design was a systematic review study. Through the PRISMA model, research findings related to the variables of positive psychology constructs in specific learning disability will be examined. In the same vein a systematic review study method with the use of positive psychology keywords and specific learning disability, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, positive thinking, optimistic, resilience, hope, Gratitude, well-being, positive relationships, strengths, satisfaction, hardiness, mindfulness, positive emotion from the web the Data (Pubmed, Eric, Scopus, Sid, Irandoc, Noormags, Ebsco, Science Direct, Pro Quest, Springer), was conducted in accordance with research objectives to executed current study. The findings of this study showed that positive psychology constructs including psychological well-being, resilience, optimism, mental health, quality of life, Happiness, hope, life satisfaction, gratitude, and spirituality are the most effective keywords in the co-occurrence network and positive psychology projects have emphasized on mentioned constructs. Research evidence expresses that reinforcement and recovery of positive psychology constructs can be useful for students with a specific learning disability. This study was indicating the importance of positive psychology constructs in specific learning disorders, thus recommending achieving better results in specific learning disorders merge evidence-based and research activities with clinical and treatment activities.
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zakiehe najarian; shahram ,vahedi; touraj hashemi; rahim badri
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The purpose of the present study was to develop a Affective working memory-based education package and to investigate the effectiveness of this package in improving the cognitive-emotional dimensions of learning for students with the specific learning disability of mathematical disorder. The present ...
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The purpose of the present study was to develop a Affective working memory-based education package and to investigate the effectiveness of this package in improving the cognitive-emotional dimensions of learning for students with the specific learning disability of mathematical disorder. The present study was a semi-experimental pre-test and post-test design on experimental and control groups. The statistical population of the research included all the male and female students with the specific learning disability with mathematical disorder who visited the elementary schools of learning disabilities in Isfahan in the academic year 2021-2022. Within this context, 30 students were selected purposefully and divided randomly into two experimental and control groups. The experimental group received 14 sessions for 60 minutes of Affective rehabilitation intervention based on working memory. Before and after the training, the subjects responded to the problem-solving researcher-made questionnaire, Numerical Stroop Test of John Ridley (1935), Mathematics Attitude Scale of Aiken (1971), and Mathematics Anxiety Scale of Chiu and Henry (1990). The results of covariance analysis demonstrated that training based on affective working memory was effective and significant in problem-solving skills and reducing cognitive inhibition ,the attitude towards mathematics and reducing mathematics anxiety (at the 0.01 level).Considering the effectiveness of affective working memory-based training on the cognitive-emotional variables of students with mathematical disorder, this intervention can aid in improving the cognitive and emotional skills of students with learning disabilities and lay the groundwork for better mathematics learning conditions.
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Elham Mohammadi Bolban Abad; Mehdi Ghodrati; Amin Faraji
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Few studies have investigated how positive psychology can be applied for parents of children with intellectual disabilities. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of positive psychological intervention on self-efficacy, resilience and life expectancy mothers of children with intellectual ...
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Few studies have investigated how positive psychology can be applied for parents of children with intellectual disabilities. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of positive psychological intervention on self-efficacy, resilience and life expectancy mothers of children with intellectual disabilities. The semi-experimental research method was a pre-test-post-test design and follow-up with a control group. A sample of 20 mothers of children with intellectual disabilities were selected in a purposeful way and assigned to two experimental and control groups (10 people each group). The required information was collected through three questionnaires: Sherer General self-efficacy, Hope Schneider et al., and Connor and Davidson's resilience questionnaire. Participants were evaluated before the intervention, then positive psychological intervention was implemented for the experimental group in 6 sessions, and re-evaluated in the post-test and follow-up stage. The data were analyzed by repeated measures analysis of variance. The Results showed that positive psychological intervention improved self-efficacy, resilience and life expectancy in mothers of children with intellectual disabilities. Therefore, it is suggested to use this intervention to improve self-efficacy, resilience and life expectancy in mothers of children with intellectual disabilities.
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Mohammadreza Noroozi Homayoon; Nader Heidari Raziabad; Ali Rezaeisharif; Ali Sheykholeslami; Mahdi Jafari Moradlo
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The purpose of this research was to design and validate a model for improving attention deficit and hyperactivity in primary school students of Ardabil city. The research was applied in terms of purpose, mixed in terms of the nature of data, and exploratory in terms of implementation method. In the qualitative ...
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The purpose of this research was to design and validate a model for improving attention deficit and hyperactivity in primary school students of Ardabil city. The research was applied in terms of purpose, mixed in terms of the nature of data, and exploratory in terms of implementation method. In the qualitative part, semi-structured interview and data base theory have been used. The statistical population of the qualitative section was university professors and experts in the field of school counseling and educational sciences, 15 of whom were selected based on the principle of opinion saturation. The statistical population in the quantitative section was all the primary school teachers of Ardabil city, numbering 2600 people, according to Morgan's table, 335 of them were selected based on stratified random sampling.The findings of the research show the improvement pattern of attention deficit and hyperactivity in elementary school students of Ardabil city under the categories of personal and psychological characteristics, motor skills, social skills, attention deficit disorder, educational strategies at the individual level, educational strategies at the interpersonal and communication level, pharmaceutical interventions and nutrition, physiological and behavioral interventions, psychological control, strengthening motor and physical abilities, psychological growth, and social participation were categorized and fit in terms of validation (p<0.05). It is suggested that the results of the findings of this research be used as a guide to improve attention deficit and hyperactivity by professionals in schools and also in other centers such as psychological service centers, etc. according to the existing situations and contexts.